Hanger for wall radiators and the like



S-ept.. 13. 1 927 .v1 A; LQEPSINGER HANGER FOR WALL RADIATORS' AND THE LIKE Filed Oo'c. 2.` 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I -Eigz z JZ l Sept. 13, 1921. 1,642,075

A. J. LOEBQNGER HANGEg "F611 WALL RAD1AToRs-AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 2. 1923 Y 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Iriver? fr Iley. 7. Z :Y azaer-Zefzaewmyer .w 4 f1.1/ effi-MM 'a' 44 ieiyf Patented Sept. 13, v19217. i

PATENT oFFICE.'

ALBERT J. Lonrsiivenn Aor rnournnnon, Yminion IISLAND, AssIeNoR To Grimani.

man EXTINGUIsHnn ooMPANY; orrnovinnncn, RHODE ISLAND; n congenia- .'TION 0F DELAWARE.

, lli',"iranianairon RADIATORSAND THE LIKE.

Y'Aiipiimit'1i niet octb-er 2, 1923. serial No. 666,057.

l This invention relates to ilnproveme'ntsin hangers for Wall radiators andthe like.'E t is directed particularly to means orhold- 'ing' suchAV a radiatorr upright by, a single hanger on the Wall, notivithstai'iding that it is'not,er'1enlyy balanced' With respect to the hanger." l i `Many timesrit Wouldlbe most convenient to support a Vsmall radiatorv onA a single jhanger, but ditliculties arise'fbecause a 'speciiiclocation is desiredv 'for they radiator,

and the median line' ofthe desiredradiator ,location` ol-'ten doesnot coincide: Witlrthat vertical planeavlierein 'a sufficiently? strong Y support on the Wall can `be hadffThis is 'particularly so Where theA Wallsupport is` a stud, bolt or. screw,setgandembdded during the making otarough concrete ior brick Wall, before the exact location of the radiator `can -be known@ Moreover as suchfr "diatorsrest rather loosely on secondary studs,or brachets, which project betiveenJitsjpipes,"tlieie is a tendency ot' thefradiator to 'rotate about each` such support. It has accordingly been customary tojprovidetrvo wall'screws and twohangerssuiiciently spaced apart for one to be near each end or the radiatori* it has been known thata` single vscrewA and vl'ringer lwould be strong enough, but a'single one could,l not beY made Vto `serve inlother necessary l respects, as indicated above. v

Qlt is an objectbf the present invention jto provide ka Wall hanger 'of lsuch typethat a single unit can serve.' This may?hafng'verfA tically rfrom a -s1nglestud, andy holdLtheV radiatorlalso vertical, and in vstablefequilibrium, "even though the. icenter'of gravity be at` a little distance l.from the verticali plane through thestud., minor late-ralistre'sses being carriedby the piping connections. tea-v jQture' ofthe invention is the provision' 'of a simple Wall platemaintamable 1n position ony thefxvall with only the single stud, yvith-v f out the auxiliary support of ladditional lugs qui'redin apparatus prop'osedlftor radiator set into thevwall as'has bec-inf.heretofore:V rehangers, ,Anotherffeature isl the provision rately adjustable" laterallyon the single hanger. .""Hoxvever much ith-e vertical plane long radiators. terlal whether the radiator 'is' made in even of the single Wall'stud may be oi1from the centerfofgravity of the/radiator (Within ordinary Working limits) these two rbrackets can be set so that the line of gravity Will fall between them; and thus 'the` Weight of the radiator Will rest upon them firmly and in` stableequilibrium, so far as the hanger is concerned. The hanger and the 'radiator thus become practically a unit. If th'e center of gravity of. the combinationis out of the'vertical plane of the Wall-stud a tendency to swing together down around it results, butf'the horizontal component of this is o kvvery minor consequence `(especially it the Wall'suppor't .be Well above the center'o't gravity) andV `1s easily sustained by the lateralplpingv connections, which can also be vutilized to adjust the angle of the-radiator it necessary. The. upper horizontal tieto the hanger carries no AWeight for the support provided by the foot brackets isfample. Y if it Works loose, as may happen, the radiator columns retaintheir verticality because rest` ing with the center of gravity' falling between two supporting points.

Another feature resides in the hook manner iii-Which the foot members 'are mounted, which provides for their instant removal and replacement Vin a nen7 position, or tor the mere slipping of the foot members from one Y position to another. The said horizontal tie,

adjustable transversely of 'the lplate, on an arcabout the saine'l stud,` engages the` upper `portion of the'k radiator to hold it in vertical alignment.. l .4 Y

. The Weight of the radiator Will ordinarily I be distributed:unequally between the foot brackets, and along the `foot bar, but this is immaterial as the Wholeradiator load, eX- ceptv the small horizontal* oompone'nt, is"y imlposed on the bottom of 4tthe tie, vertically under the wall stud, or at leastin its v'ertical plane. This stabil-ity o tvsupport malea asingle hanger vsuthc'e forgiairl'y heavykand Moreover' it becomes inimaor vodd numbers ot sections;l or is sev alittle supports maybe 'soplaced thatthe loadi's in r stable equilibrium on the singletie'. v

ln is intendedthatthe patent Shan-Cttee cbr f Suitable PXPSSOH in: "die appended claims, whatever features ot patentable novelty exist in the invention disclosed.

,ln the accompanying drawings:

Finure l is a lront elevation ot a bracket einbodyiuj;` the present invention, with a porw tion oit? the supported radiator indicated by dot and dash lines;

lt`ipure il is a side ele tation ot the saine;

Figure 3 is a plan, as on line SW3 of ,Figure l, showing)r the toot bar, with two toot supports thereon (the radiator being oniiitted) g Figures i and 5 are sections on lines l-et and respectively, oit Figure l, showing details oi the upper portion oit the bracket;

liioure (i a side elevation ot a inodilieation and also shows the bracket as applied to a plain wall havingn no base board; and

Figure T is an elevation oit the lower porH tion ot the hanger ot Figure G (the radiator being;` omitted) looking` toward the wall.

Referring to the, drawings, the hanger has a wall plate l() sccured tio the wall l2 by a stud ll set rigidly in the wall, havinrca a screw threaded end projecting, which screw also serves to clamp to the plate a link, lo, at whose tree end is .mounted the horizontal tie bolt 11S, and the spacingr washer Q0. The latter wide enough to span the space between adjacent sections of, (t, oit the radiator and to ovcrlie their back edge, The outer end or head of the horizontal tie, bolt is provided with a sniallcr washer havingY a taperingT surface tilting' inconspicnously between and against: the adjacent surfaces ot two neighlairing;1 sections` so that upon the tie bolt 1S heini.T set. up the sections will be drawn tinhtl`- against the large washer Lili. .A vertical tic or hanger oi? an)` suitable sort', here rejjre--iented (Figures leo) as a long boit. depends Ylroni a claw formed by otitstainlinpl arms on the lower part ot the wail plate l0. The upper sides ot these arms are recessed to receive and retain its nut 2T. so that the bolt'` may he raised or lowered :tor vertical adjustments. The under side ot said arins may have positioninc; luce 25 which keep the bolt Qi Ytrein wringing transversely with respect to the wall plate.

A horizontal flat bar QC, set edge up having a central vertical sleeve portion 2G encasing1r the lower part of the vertical bolt and resting upon the bolt head 2t at the bottoni, is composed oi two arms 2G which extend along the wall in opposite directions troni the sleeve. On each arin is mounted a radiator-supporting bracket or foot 28 having; hook 30 at its rear upper end adapted to overlie and engage the top edge of the arm. nonaotatably. and being' oi sutiicient width and nicety of lit to maintain the forward projecting portion 32 ot the bracket at right angles to the arm. These toot brackets tit between adjacent sections of the radiator,

being somewhat curved on their upper sides to receive the rounded projections b that connect the sections.

In case it is desired to set the radiator or to shift it horizontally a distance less than that between sections, the bolt lli, is loosened, and the link 1G is swung to one side or the other from its illustrated vertical position, until the tie bolt 18 opposite the new location of the space between sections through which it is to extend. At the bottoni it is only necessary to slip the toot supports 28 along their respective arms QG an amount equal to the shiitt of the radiator, retaining them engaging' their respective projections Thus the horizontal adjustment of the radiator is made easily possible, Ytor the link is long enough to accommodate the shifting of the sections from their illustrated positions slightly more than halt the distance between their spaces; and the adjustability of the toot supports are limited only by the extent oi their arms.

An important advantage derived is the support ot the radiator in the plane ot the wall screw, and the elimination ot tendency ot the adiator to tip or pitch sidewise along the wall except the tritie which is easily sus tained by the piping connection 10. The resting of the radiator on two spread supports to a large degree balances the radia tor on the bolt; and the close iit oi. the sleeve QG on the bolt 24:, prevents the unbalanced portion :troni tipping the radiator with respect to the vertical bolt 24:.

In Figure Q, the `torni oit bracket illustrated is particularly adapted ttor use when there is a baseboard l-l; at the base ot the wall in which case a spacingl member 36 may he employed to keep the 'toot support bar :T26 away from the baseboard. When' the wall has a plain face clear to the floor, a rcarward extending ridge 3G may he provided on the bar QG, and this may rest against the wall to keep the arnis iar enough away itroin it to allow room for the movements ot the toot supports.

Figures 6 and 7 disclose a somewhat simpler though equally eilicient hanger in which the vertical tie bolt is apiece ot tubing pipe, 38 a portion 38 ot which at its upper end is flattened and oiiset to rest directly against the wall l2. This portion is pierced by the stud 14, which clamps it, and with itthe link 1G', rigidly in place. The lower end ot the pipe 38 is threaded to receive an adjusting nut LLO which serves a rest :for a piece oi. channel bar iii which extends parallel with the face of the wall. This bar has ali glued openings in its parallel sides 42a through which the pipe 38 passes and at the outer edge of its upper parallel side is provided with an upstanding flange Ml upon which the `radiator-supporting bracket or toot 2t is hooked as heretofore described. As a precautionary provision against closing of ythe bracket-supporting channel iron 42, under weight of the radiator, a section of channel viron Mis slipped into the first channel, with itslegs 44a upstanding tofconstitute vertical struts. The main channel iron may be so proportioned y that its web 42C will rest against thewall, as

seen in Figure 6, or against a base board if such'is encountered. With this modification, the vvertical adjustment of the foot supports `28 is effected by turning the adjusting nut 40 on the pipe threads,and their horizontal adjustment is made simply by sliding them along the upstanding flange 42b of the chan-k nel iron 42.

f Although the invention is illustrated as` it maybe applied to radiators, it is obvious that its scope is not limited to that,'but that it may be applied for holding other objects in positions which are not symmetrical with respect to their support on a wall.

Moreover, although the preferred form of the invention is illustrated, in which the foot brackets 28 slip onthe foot bar26 or 42, in making the horizontal adjustment of supports adjustable, for jthe radiator alone might then be set thereon withlits center at desired distance to one side ofthe vertical tie.

I claim as my invention: j

l. A hanger adapted'to be secured to a wall, comprising a vertical tie; a foot-member supported thereby havingarms spreading therefrom horizontally; and load-carryingbrackets mounted on said arms on both f sides of a vertical plane through the'tie, said bracketsl extending in directiony from the y walhand being engaged with said arms with l rigidity against downward'movement and engaging under-the bottom of the load, and` adapted to beset at variab'le distances to each side of said tie.l 'j

2. A hanger for a-wall radiator, comprising` a horizontal tie extending outward from the wall for engaging the upperportion of the radiatorg'a vertical tie extending downward therefrom along the walland having on each side, at its foot, horizontal extensions parallel to `the wall; and a bracket ,on each said extension, projecting outward from vthe wall for engaging the lower portion of thek radiator; both the horizontal tie and the brackets being movable toward and from the vertical tie. l.

3. A hanger for a wall radiator comprising a vertical tie; aV bar mounted on the lower end'of said tie, having an arm extending horizontally along the wall; and brackets on both vsides of said tie, each having a hook engaging-said arm non-rotatably, rigidly extending outward therefrom away from the wall, and adapted to receive the bottom of the radiator and support the radiator in an upright position; and means to hold the top of the radiator toward the wall.

4, A hanger for awall radiator comprising a vertical'tie attachable at its upper end to the wall; a channel bar mounted on the lower end of said tiev with its web toward the wall and with its open side outward; a flange on the outer edge of the upper side of the channel; and brackets arranged on opposite sides of'said tie, eachv engaging said flange and extending outward away from thewall upright position.

5. A hanger for a wall radiator .comprising a vertical tie attachable at its upper end to the wall and carrying at its lower end a channel bar whose web is toward the wall and parallel with it, and whose sides extend horizontallyl outward from the wall; a second channel bar nested within the first, with and adapted to support the radiator in an f its web resting on one of the sides of the iirst and with itsr sides constituting struts between the sides of the iirst; and brackets mounted Von the firstV channel bar and projeoting voutward therefrom to receive the bottom of the radiator at sides of the vertical tie.l j

6. A hanger for a wall radiator, comprispoints on opposite` j ing a wall engaging stud; a horizontal radiator Vtop-supporting member; and a vertical member having a plurality of arms extend- 'mg underneath the radiator toengage its bottom; said members beingmounted on said stud, separately Vadjustable with-respect thereto, and together adapted to engage the radiator at three separate points two of which are under it and on opposite sides of a vertical plane passing through the Vcenter o-f gravity of the radiator. f

7 A hanger for a wall radiator, having a wall engaging stud; an arm extending from said stud, providedV with means extendingV underneath the radiator for engaging its bottom atseparated points in horizontal direction along the'wall below said stud; and another arm extending from said Vstud adaptedto engage'y the' front of the radiator in the region of said stud; said arms being seprately adjustable with respect to said stu Signed at Boston, Massachusetts, this 18th Y vday of May, 1923. Y y Y ALBERT J.y LOEPSINGER. Y 

